Mankind Don’t Forget

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 49:10). ’Innama l-mu’minūna ikhwa fa-‘aslihu bayna akhawaykum wa t-Taqu Allaha La’allakum Turhamoon’, ‘The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l- ‘Aẓīm. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that believers are brothers. Of course, things don’t always go smoothly between brothers; sometimes there can be quarrels or disagreements. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Then reconcile them so that you may attain My mercy.”

Human beings, of course, make mistakes. When they make a mistake, they ask for forgiveness from the other person. Allāh ﷻ loves those who forgive the mistakes of others. He ﷻ loves those who are benevolent. If you want to be a beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ, you must forgive; thus, you will receive Allāh’s ﷻ mercy and become one of His ﷻ beloved servants. Human beings have a characteristic not found in other creatures: they don’t forget. When something happens, they think, “This person did this to me, I will either curse him or beat him,” and they harbor resentment. This is not the case with other creatures, such as animals. It exists only in some; for example, animals like camels and elephants don’t forget what has been done to them. It is well-known that they take revenge when they find the one who wronged or tormented them. However, this is not the case with other animals; even if they strike each other, they forget about it after a while and do not hold grudges. But since humankind is in a test, all kinds of traits exist within them. There is goodness and there is evil. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla commands doing good. He ﷻ loves those who do good and obey Allāh’s ﷻ command, and He ﷻ bestows His ﷻ mercy upon them.

Therefore, there is no need to do things that Allāh ﷻ dislikes unnecessarily and in vain. If you cannot get along with someone and do not like them, you should stay away and not interact with them much. Like everything in life, this too shall pass. Nothing is

permanent, nothing remains as it is. If you look, you see that nothing remains at all. Therefore, you must be careful about this. Hostility and estrangement are things that Allāh ﷻ dislikes for believers. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said that it is not permissible for a believer to remain estranged from another for more than three days. If you dislike someone, don’t speak to them; simply give salām and stay away. But harboring resentment and thinking, “I will fight, I will hit,” are behaviors that shayṭān loves. Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ protect us. Bad morals like holding grudges tire a person’s spirituality. When the spirituality is tired, the person himself becomes tired. A person’s mind cannot think about anything else; they constantly dwell on such things. As they think about these things, they suffer both material and spiritual harm. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from the evils of our egos.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 August 2026/ 04 Rabih Al-Awwal 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul